King of Sweden

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head of state human monarchical office

The King of Sweden is the constitutional monarch and ceremonial head of state of Sweden, representing the nation at official events and functions.

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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form Occurrences
Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden 0
Charles XIV John of Sweden 0
King of the Swedes, the Goths and the Wends 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state ⓘ
human ⓘ
human ⓘ
monarchical office ⓘ
appointedBy hereditary succession ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution Royal Order of the Seraphim ⓘ
Swedish Royal Court ⓘ
commanderInChiefRole symbolic ⓘ
constitutionalStatus constitutional monarch ⓘ
country Sweden ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Sweden ⓘ
currentHolder Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1946-04-30 ⓘ
domain Kingdom of Sweden (1523–1611) ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Sweden
firstMonarchOfCurrentDynasty Karl XIII of Sweden ⓘ
surface form: Charles XIV John of Sweden
flag Royal Standard of Sweden ⓘ
governmentForm constitutional monarchy ⓘ
house House of Bernadotte ⓘ
legalBasis Act of Succession (Sweden) ⓘ
Instrument of Government (Sweden) ⓘ
memberOf House of Bernadotte ⓘ
monarchOf Sweden ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
monarchyType unitary parliamentary monarchy ⓘ
participatesIn national day celebrations ⓘ
official ceremonies ⓘ
opening of the Riksdag ⓘ
state visits ⓘ
placeOfBirth Haga Palace, Solna, Sweden ⓘ
positionHeld King of Sweden self-linksurface differs ⓘ
powers largely ceremonial ⓘ
predecessor Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden ⓘ
reignStart 1973-09-15 ⓘ
religionTraditionally Lutheranism ⓘ
represents Sweden ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Sweden

Sweden ⓘ
surface form: Swedish nation
representsCountryIn international relations (ceremonial) ⓘ
residence Drottningholm Palace ⓘ
Stockholm Palace ⓘ
role ceremonial head of state ⓘ
symbolic representative of Sweden ⓘ
seat Stockholm ⓘ
styleOfAddress His Majesty ⓘ
His Majesty ⓘ
surface form: His Majesty The King
successionLaw Act of Succession (Sweden) ⓘ
successionOrder absolute primogeniture ⓘ
successionType hereditary monarchy ⓘ
titleInSwedish King of Sweden self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sveriges konung

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Swedish Army → allegiance → King of Sweden ⓘ
Tre Kronor Castle → associatedWith → King of Sweden ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swedish monarchy
Royal Order of the Seraphim → awardedBy → King of Sweden ⓘ
The King’s Medal → awardedBy → King of Sweden ⓘ
Act of Succession (Sweden) → bindingOn → King of Sweden ⓘ
Tre Kronor Castle → governedBy → King of Sweden ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swedish monarchy
subject surface form: Hovsångerska
House of Bernadotte → hasTitle → King of Sweden ⓘ
Order of the Polar Star → headOfOrder → King of Sweden ⓘ
Sweden–Norway union → headOfStateTitle → King of Sweden ⓘ
this entity surface form: King of Sweden and Norway
Sweden → monarch → King of Sweden ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carl XVI Gustaf
Karl Karlsson → nobleTitle → King of Sweden ⓘ
this entity surface form: King of the Swedes, the Goths and the Wends
King of Sweden → positionHeld → King of Sweden self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
Charles IX of Sweden → positionHeld → King of Sweden ⓘ
Charles XI of Sweden → positionHeld → King of Sweden ⓘ
King Gustav I of Sweden → positionHeld → King of Sweden ⓘ
subject surface form: Gustav I of Sweden
King Gustav III of Sweden → positionHeld → King of Sweden ⓘ
subject surface form: Gustav III of Sweden
Karl Karlsson → positionHeld → King of Sweden ⓘ
Karl XIII of Sweden → positionHeld → King of Sweden ⓘ
Sigismund III Vasa → positionHeld → King of Sweden ⓘ
Grand Duke of Finland → precededBy → King of Sweden ⓘ
this entity surface form: King of Sweden (as ruler of Finland)
Royal Standard of Sweden → symbolizes → King of Sweden ⓘ
Charles IX of Sweden → title → King of Sweden ⓘ
this entity surface form: By the Grace of God, King of the Swedes, the Goths and the Wends
Charles XI of Sweden → title → King of Sweden ⓘ
this entity surface form: King of the Swedes, the Goths and the Wends
King of Sweden → titleInSwedish → King of Sweden self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sveriges konung
Greater coat of arms of Sweden → usedBy → King of Sweden ⓘ
this entity surface form: Monarch of Sweden
Royal Standard of Sweden → usedBy → King of Sweden ⓘ
this entity surface form: Monarch of Sweden
Swedish government → worksWith → King of Sweden ⓘ